What are the responsibilities and job description for the School Nurse - Hanscom - 2024-2025 position at Hanscom Campus Grades K-8?
SCHOOL NURSE - 2024-2025
Anticiapted Start Date: April 28, 2025
Hanscom Schools Nurse: Preschool, Hanscom School K-8
Applicants selected will be subject to security background investigation and must meet and maintain eligibility and suitability requirements.
People of color are strongly encouraged to apply.
Learn more about the Lincoln Public Schools at https://www.lincnet.org/employment
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Primary Purpose |
Establishes and manages a comprehensive school health program consistent with the Massachusetts guidelines, regulations, and statutes governing nursing and school health and local school district policy.
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Contractual Relationship |
The School Nurse is employed by the Lincoln Public Schools and is a member of the Unit A Lincoln Educators Association collective bargaining agreement.
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Organizational Relationship |
Reports to the Administrator for Student Services and the building principals.
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Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities Continued
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The responsibilities of the Extended School Year Nurse include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Assess and manage acute and chronic illness. • Create, maintain and oversee implementation of Individual Health Care Plans for students with acute and chronic conditions. • Responsibility and oversight for managing nursing information systems and student records. • Communicate with Department of Public Health, as appropriate, for submission of required data. • Provide first aid to injured students and staff. • Maintain comprehensive school health records and prepare reports for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and school department as requested. • Identify need for health education and act as resource in health education to students, families, and school personnel. • Identify students at risk for physical and psychosocial problems and communicate health needs to other school personnel, as appropriate. • Organize and implement state mandated programs such as immunization surveillance and health screening programs. • Conduct communicable disease prevention and surveillance. • Provide medically prescribed interventions including medication administration (based on state regulations) and nursing procedures to students. • Collaborate as the health specialist for 504 Plans, special education planning, and the school crisis team. • Promote and maintain healthy school environment. • Support the development and execution of a Health Services Emergency Response Plan as part of the district’s emergency plan. • Coordinate the school district’s A.E.D. Program. • Provide consultation and information on health policies and procedures for the school district. • Maintain professional competence through continuing education and maintenance of nursing credentials. • Work collaboratively with faculty, administration, and parents/guardians regarding individual student health needs. • Consult and work collaboratively with the school district physician. • Coordinate the care of students for day and overnight field trips. Attendance on overnight trips is highly encouraged. • Participate and/or provide input in the district’s Wellness Committee. •. Coordinate and collaborate with supervisor to ensure continuity of programming. •. Collaborate, support, and advise assistant nurses to create a team approach to student and staff care. • Other relevant duties as assigned. |
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Qualifications
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• Baccalaureate prepared Registered Nurse currently licensed in Massachusetts. • DESE School Nurse certification. • Professional DESE Support Personnel license. • CPR/AED and First Aid certifications. • Minimum of three years of experience in nursing, preferably in child and/or adolescent health. • Required to obtain and maintain med delegation certification. |
Lincoln, Massachusetts
Lincoln is a residential suburb located 12 miles northwest of Boston. The community is rich in history with a strong tradition of citizen participation. The school district serves students in grades pre-kindergarten through eight. In addition to the K-8 Lincoln School, the district operates the Primary School and Middle School at Hanscom Air Force Base as well as an integrated Preschool. Lincoln has a long tradition of educational excellence and strives to offer innovative, student-centered instruction in an inclusive setting with small class sizes. As a founding member of the METCO Program, Lincoln has maintained its commitment to diversity and multi-cultural education.
Lincoln Public Schools Vision
The Lincoln Public Schools strive to cultivate all students and staff to be collaborative leaders who are critical thinkers, equity-oriented, and growth-minded.
The School Committee subscribes to the fullest extent to the principle of the dignity of all people and of their labors and will take action to ensure that any individual within the District who is responsible for hiring and/or personnel supervision understands that applicants are employed, assigned, and promoted without regard to their age, color, active military/veteran status, disability, national origin, ancestry, race, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions, or housing status. Every available opportunity will be taken in order to assure that each applicant for a position is selected on the basis of qualifications, merit and ability.
